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Presumably you fly to private heli sites, or do some specialist work (electricity pylon inspection)?
There are people posting here who do specific types of commercial work, not relevant to fixed wing GA. You may as well be talking about surveying GPS units...
I just cannot identify any aspect of private flying in Europe with that sort of thing. There is simply no need for such bizzare procedures. The aviation GPS databases are packed with countless thousands of waypoints and it is generally trivial to knock up any desired route using wholly predefined waypoints. Sometimes one ends up a few miles off the shortest route but the actual impact on the ETE is barely noticeable so it is not worth putting effort into an inherently error-prone procedure.
Peter337, your depth of knowledge or experience is often somewhat lacking. Yes, I do fly a helicopter; why do you always try to dismiss this form of aviation? Is it because you have no knowledge and it doesn't fit in with your blinkered proclamations?
My job has absolutely nothing to do with surveying or powerline inspections (what bizarre ideas). Where did I say I was flying commercially? I correctly and legally write "P" for PRIVATE in the tech log for every sector.
I also use the same "standard" nav kit as fitted to fixed wing aircraft, possibly the same kit as you do, to go from A to B. I am simply required to use it in more depth than you obviously do. As far as errors are concerned, I have a system in place to minimise the chance of an input error being made and to correct it immediately if required.
Beforedeparture, that is.
Btw, did anyone tell you that you have the same style as IO540?